The Portland Trail Blazers, coming off a game that saw career scoring nights from Scoot Henderson and Toumani Camara, were not prepared for the defensive buzzsaw that was the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night. Portland started the game off well, led again by Henderson, but once the second units came in for both teams, the Clippers tightened the screws and held the Blazers to only 38 points in the first half.
The Clippers, playing without superstar Kawhi Leonard, were able to switch everything on defense and disrupt whatever the Blazers wanted to do on the offensive end.